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In Focus: Growing Regional Australia

ACELG has published new research entitled Local Government Growing Regional Australia that will bring new understanding to the role of local government in growing regional capitals and regions through enhanced governance and leadership.

Conducted in partnership with Regional Capitals Australia, the research identifies the factors contributing to building strong sustainable regional capitals and regions. Read more »

Latest News & Events

20 April 2015The next seminar in ACELG's seminar series "From Government to Governance" will focus on community attitudes toward local government and how this might inform its evolving role.
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20 April 2015, University of Technology SydneyIn April the UTS Centre for Local Government will host a two-day master class that will explore local government evolving role in the federation and contemporary policy challenges such as financial sustainability, workforce management and service delivery.
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15 April 2015, Halls Gap, VictoriaRural Councils Victoria announce that registrations for their 2015 Rural Summit are now open. This year the Rural Summit is being hosted by Northern Grampians Shire Council and will be held in Halls Gap between 15-17 April.
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11 March 2015ACELG has published 'Housing and Local Government in Australia in the 21st Century' that canvases some of the key emerging issues in the relationship between housing and local government.
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13 February 2015ACELG has compiled Australia's first, extensive profile of the local government workforce. The report confirms that local government is an Australian powerhouse, punching above its weight in terms of its contribution to the nation's economy and social fabric, particularly in regional, rural and remote Australia.
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